tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post6817311576109889106..comments2015-08-02T13:29:06.837-07:00Comments on TOM CLARK: Céline in the Baltic I: Arrival / Klarskovgaard (Spring)Zephirinenoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-60802322079480910942009-10-04T06:00:02.413-07:002009-10-04T06:00:02.413-07:00Ricardo,
Many thanks for visiting. I wonder how m...Ricardo,<br /><br />Many thanks for visiting. I wonder how many of Céline&#39;s readers have taken the trouble to follow his trail as far as Vestre Faengsel.TChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-77521346854140115592009-10-04T04:37:58.171-07:002009-10-04T04:37:58.171-07:00Hello, I am fan Spanish of Céline, and I have enjo...Hello, I am fan Spanish of Céline, and I have enjoyed much your posts about its life in Denmark, with more reason considering that I traveled to those earth only fifteen days ago. By all means, I did not let pass the opportunity and I visited the Vestre Faengsel, the jail where it was locked up in Copenhagen. It is a pleasure to find people with whom to share this admiration by Céline. In addition, the photos that you have added to texts are really beautiful.<br />A greeting,<br />RicardoRicardo Guadalupehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10761283909560922714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-65351470298358550222009-09-01T16:42:58.983-07:002009-09-01T16:42:58.983-07:00(Now that I recall, the term Trotsky used was not ...(Now that I recall, the term Trotsky used was not &quot;novel&quot; but &quot;literature&quot; -- a somewhat more expansive &quot;living room&quot;.)TChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-20682679241950249292009-09-01T15:19:20.494-07:002009-09-01T15:19:20.494-07:00Pierre,
Well, we remember that for Céline one tri...Pierre,<br /><br />Well, we remember that for Céline one trip to the &quot;real&quot; USSR proved more than enough (though Trotsky loved Journey to the End of the Night and famously said L.-F. C. had walked into the novel the way other men walk into their living rooms). It was the shortcomings of medical hygiene in the birthing wards that particularly repelled him. Not that he wasn&#39;t equally impatient with all systems of empire. There is a wonderful letter he wrote in English, from 98 rue Lepic, to the American publisher of Journey, on the brink of his first and only visit to the US. (It was not an &quot;author tour&quot;, he was interested in scouting Hollywood movie prospects and traveling out of pocket: as he told the publisher, &quot;Literary opinions have little to do with prosperity as you know&quot;.)<br /><br />Quoting in part:<br /><br />&quot;I surely will absolutely refuse to have anything *to do with* the boat interviewers. I will not either participate in banquet, dinner, lunch, tea, or other. Absolutely not -- no use trying -- I don&#39;t like to eat with other people -- I don&#39;t like to sit at table at all -- But to be very nice for your publicity I will see privately 2 or 3 people you will choose at different times.&quot;<br /><br />If this stringent version of author etiquette were to be applied nowadays, there would surely be no more authors, no more promotional tours (why does that feel like it might be a great relief?)TChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-69987596075688355842009-09-01T04:47:19.776-07:002009-09-01T04:47:19.776-07:00Fun to come back to the USSR to find your Céline —...Fun to come back to the USSR to find your Céline — when the best read this summer in France was the new bio of LFC by Yves Buin — be well, PierrePierre Jorishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17620468904568794519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4445844569294316288.post-39155592414676698822009-09-01T04:14:47.944-07:002009-09-01T04:14:47.944-07:00This and the three posts below are extracts from m...This and the three posts below are extracts from my novel The Exile of Céline (Random House, 1986), a fictional construction upon the life of the French writer Louis-Ferdinand Céline.<br /><br />For those who are curious:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.dalkeyarchive.com/article/show/49" rel="nofollow">more about Céline</a>TChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.com